Car-door and fastening



(No Model.)

W. P. SENOUR.

GAR DOOR AND FASTENING.

No. 278,611. Patented Ma 29 1883.

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WILLIAM P. SENOUR, OF PIMENTO, INDIANA.

CAR-DOOR ANDIFASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of, Letters Patent No. 278,611, dated May 29,1883. 1 Application filed March 14, 1383. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern y Be it known that I, WlLLIAM P. SENoUR, acitizen of the United States, residing at Pimento, in the county of Vigoand State of Indiana, have invented ing is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of doors which are used in commonfreight-cars to adapt the same to carry grain in bulk loosely; and ithas forits object to provide an inner car-door which will prevent theloss ofgrain, and means for securely fasteningthe same to prevent itbeing worked loose by jarring in transportation. To this end my inventionconsists in the construction and combination of parts forming acar-doorand fastening, hereinafter described and claimed, reference beinghad tothe accompanying drawings, in whic y Figure I is a front elevation. Fig.2 is a longitudinal section at a" :t', Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is atransverse vertical section at y y, Fig. 1, of a portion of a grain-ear,showing my device in position.

A represents the door-frame of a car. a is a facing of iron, which Isecure to the side posts, on their faces toward the inside of the car,and toward the doorway'aud on the top of the sill, to prevent wear andto offer a more secure fastenin g for the door-bolts which enter theholes b.

(J represents the body of. the door, which extends across the doorwayand laps onto the iron-plated inner faces of the door-posts.

c c are battens rigidly secured to the door body, on its outer face, forthe usual purpose of securing strength with lightness, and at the sametime furnishing shoulders'to abut against the door-posts to keep thedoor from slipping endwise with the car.

B B represent two pairs of bolts adapted to slide into the'holes b inthe'side posts to se- The bolts have each hammer or anything convenientto assist in sliding the bolt when it becomes wedged. Each bolt is alsoturned outward at its rear end, forming an abutment cure the door inplace.

a new and Improved Oar-Door and Fastening, of which the followtorestagainst the crosskey E. This key drops by its own weight between thetwo boltsB and B, when they are extended into the bolt-holes, to keepthem in place.

On the outside of the door, at each edge thereof, a plate of iron, F, isfirst laid. Then at the middle of the door a wider plate,f, is placed.On theseplates the bolts B Bare laid and covered by bent straps G G.

The cross-key E is also laid on the plate f, and over it is placed astrap,-g, which rests its ends on the two straps G. These straps andplates are all firmly secured to the door by screw bolts passing throughthem and through thedoorand batten, and closely drawn by screw-nuts onthe inside of the door. To prevent losing the door-bolts B B they areturned out at their rear ends, forming hooks behind the top straps. Thekey E is similarly turned up at both ends for the same purpose.

The door may be provided with a chain securingit to the car, yetallowiugit to be housed in some convenient place near by the do0r waywhen not in use, to prevent thesame being lost or stolen.

The forward ends of the bolts .B B wedge on the upper and inner sides todraw the door down and outward against the frame to prevent the escapeof any grain, the lugs D serving to force the bolts.

The batten does not come close down to. the lower edge of the door, itbeing left up a little to admit a bar, so that the door may be pried upwhen stuck by it becoming settled in transportation.

.VVhat I claim as my invention is The combination, with the body 0 andbat tens c of a car-door, of the facing-plates F and f, the slidingbolts B B, having hooked rear ends, the straps G G, the cross-key E,having hooked ends, and the strap g, all as and for the purposespecified.

WILLIAM P. SENOUR.

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